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Free Verse |
Lacks rhyme and pattern and has less predictable rhythm. |
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Consonance |
The use of the same consonant sound in two or more words or syllables. |
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Blank Verse |
Unrhymed iambic pentameter lines. |
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Melody |
The overall sound structure of a poem. |
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Couplet |
Two rhymed lines that may or may not be a separate stanza. |
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Haiku |
Japanese form of writing poetry. |
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Assonance |
The use of the same vowel sound in two or more words or syllables. |
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Limerick |
Lines 1,2, and 4 rhyme. 3 and 5 rhyme. Limericks are meant to be funny, they often contain hyperbole, onomatopoeia, idioms, puns and other figurative devices. The last line of a good limerick contains the punch line or the heart of the joke. |
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Comedy |
A play that usually ends happily. The plot often centers on a romantic conflict. The main character in a comedy could be anyone. Comic complications always occur before the conflict is resolved. |
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Tragedy |
A play that ends unhappily. Most classic Greek tragedies deal with serious, universal themes such as, right and wrong, justice and injustice, life and death. |
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Drama |
Is a story enacted onstage for a live audience. |
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Play |
Is the text of a theatre concerte. |
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Solgan |
Talking to yourself by yourself. |
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Soliloquy |
Involves one character, typically alone on stage, speaking their thoughts aloud, but they are not talking to the audience, but the audience can hear their thoughts, no one else can. |
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Narrative |
Tells a story. |
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Ballads |
Stories set to music. |
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Lyric |
Expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker. |
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Concrete |
Shape poem/object it describes. |
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Sonnet |
14 lines with strict rhyme scheme. |
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Rhyme |
Effect where two words have the same, or nearly the same, final consonant and vowel sound. |
